A-level LAW Paper 3A Contract JUNE 2022

AQA A-level LAW Paper 3A Contract Time allowed: 2 hours Materials • You will need no other materials. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. • Questions should be answered in continuous prose. Give reasoned answers. Where appropriate, make reference to cases, statutes and examples. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 100. Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box Only one answer per question is allowed. For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer. CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown. If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select as shown. 0 1 Select the true statement about misrepresentation in the Law of Contract. [1 mark] A A false statement can be misrepresentation even if it is not the only factor which induces the claimant to make the contract. B A fraudulent misrepresentation immediately brings the contract to an end. C Rescission is not available as a remedy for an innocent misrepresentation. D Silence can never amount to a misrepresentation. 0 2 Select the false statement about the rules of contract. [1 mark] A A contract is not necessarily terminated by a party’s breach of its terms. B A party’s performance of a contract will be a breach only if it was negligent. C Parties can agree to terminate the contract without performing all of their obligations. D There can be more than two parties to a contract. 0 3 Select the false statement about the rule of law. [1 mark] A As far as possible, the law should apply equally to all citizens. B Citizens should be given as much access to the courts as is necessary. C Public officials should be given maximum freedom to make decisions affecting the legal rights of citizens. D The law should be written in language which is clear and accurate. 0 4 Select the true statement about the independence of the judiciary. [1 mark] A High Court judges should take advice from a government minister when interpreting a statute. B Judges cannot be prosecuted for committing criminal offences. C Judges in superior courts cannot easily be removed from office. D Judicial independence is not considered to be important for judges in lower courts. Turn over for the next question Turn over ► 0 6 Explain two characteristics of the common law as a source of law and provide an example to illustrate one of those characteristics. [5 marks] Extra space 0 7 Leah saw a car she wanted to buy. Kara, Leah’s aunt, promised to buy the car for Leah if Leah passed her university examinations. Leah succeeded in passing the examinations, but Kara refused to keep her promise. With regard to intention to create legal relations in contract, suggest why a court might decide that Kara was not obliged to buy the car for Leah. [5 marks] Extra space Turn over for the next question Turn over ► 0 8 Matt was an electrician and his neighbour, Nirmal, was a builder. Nirmal sometimes employed Matt to work for him on building sites. Additionally, they sometimes helped each other out by doing work on each other’s houses. Whilst Nirmal was away for a week, there was a problem with electrical installations in his house, which Matt fixed. When Nirmal returned, he learned that Matt needed repairs to a wall of his house. Nirmal told Matt that he would do the repairs because of the electrical work that Matt had just done for him. However, Nirmal did not do the repairs and other builders quoted £700 to do them. Assume that there was an intention to create legal relations between Matt and Nirmal. With regard to the issue of consideration, advise Matt on whether he has any rights and remedies against Nirmal in connection with the repairs to the wall of his house. [10 marks] Extra space box Turn over ►